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anonymous

Pixton | A melhor maneira para criar e compartilhar quadrinhos - 2 views

shared by anonymous on 23 Apr 13 - No Cached
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    Great for Ss to become motivated about writing in conversational English!
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    I really love this! I teach lots of teens and kids and I believe that are going to have fun with and also learn more English.
anonymous

Pocket : Queue - 5 views

shared by anonymous on 09 Oct 13 - No Cached
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      This is an excellent idea for a district to implement. Teaching teaches how to curate content online to align it with state standards. Does it take time? Yes. But, instead of playing outside consultants and companies to do this, a special committee of well trained and motivated teachers can come together and do this. They can pay them extra for this position. I think this will even motivate more teachers to get digitally ready when they see their colleagues getting payed extra for this kind of stuff. 
  • created an in-house wiki to manage its growing assortment of digital curricula and lessons.
  • dividing material into grade and subject areas, it helps educators unpack state standards and places them into bite-size expectations for what teachers should teach.
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  • Rather than relying on individual educators to sift through endless material, many districts and states are helping to curate and catalog such resources, serving as the librarians of the digital age.
  • "This is curated by teachers, not by someone on the 70th floor of a New York City high-rise. It's simple, but powerful: Teachers tend to trust other teachers."
  • The goal is to provide materials that meld with a teacher's normal workflow-and not to become yet another website to visit. "We're trying to curate good content, letting them know it's been reviewed and meets our standards, while also being mindful that there are a lot of resources out there,"
Maria da Luz Delfino

Free Diet Plans at SparkPeople - 0 views

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    SparkPeople.com is a free online diet and healthy living community with over 3 million members who provide support and motivation to each other. Create a free account and get the support you need to lose weight the healthy way. Swimsuit season is here, are you to feel and look better?
Maggie Verster

10 tried and tested internet tools for teachers - 0 views

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    using technology effectively has clear benefits for both teaching and learning and can help to improve motivation by engaging pupils in activities which, perhaps, step out of their ordinary school experience and which show them that it is possible to teach and learn about a subject using tools similar to those they use daily outside school. In other words, we have tried to use the types of tools with which they are often already familiar.
Celina Borges

ESL-Kids - ESL Games - 9 views

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    A useful list of quick and motivating games for kids.
Nik Peachey

Thinking Critically through Digital Media | PeacheyPublications.com - 3 views

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    In a world where anyone with an internet connection can access, create and share information, opinions and beliefs, it has become increasingly important that students are not only able to assess the credibility of sources but also to look more deeply at the underlying motivations, beliefs and bias of the creator.
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